What are the mandatory skills for a field biologist?
The most important aspect of working in the field is patience, patience and more patience, for, nothing can be made to happen out in the field. Typically projects last at least three years. Enthusiasm and commitment are very essential. Field biology requires a large investment of time, good observational skills and the ability to think on your feet and also be able to collate the data and establish patterns based on the data and observations. We cannot jump to conclusions. A memorable incident… During my early field days, once around December, I heard that a big sambhar had been killed. I thought I could observe for two or three days. The first night was okay but at the end of the second night at around two a.m. I was asleep in my sleeping bag with my back against a jamun tree. And on the opposite sloping bank the lions were feeding. Next thing I know is that it is 4.30 a.m. and there’s something heavy on my feet it was a lion cub sitting on my toes. I wriggled my toes in an attempt
